Something to give, something to gain
Before starting at Defra just over 6 months ago, I’d never been part of a Community of Practice. I joined the Delivery Managers Community soon after starting this job and it’s been a godsend.
Take time to take part in Communities of Practice
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Harriet Green, Joint Chief Digital Officer and Myra Hunt, Joint Chief Digital Officer, Posted on:
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Digital transformation
Communities of Practice are a vitally important part of transformation at Defra. As joint Chief Digital Officers here, we want to encourage as many people as possible to join a community, because we believe there’s a lot to be gained …
Making the change from project to delivery management
Agile delivery is relatively new to government, and a lot of teams and departments are still getting used to how it works. One of the essentials is that the team structure is right, and that you have the right people …
Let's fund teams, not projects
(Let me be clear up front: this is a potentially controversial post. It proposes radical change in the way we do things. But I feel strongly about it, and I think this needs to be said.) Over the last few …
Process once - use everywhere
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Gwawr Jones, Earth Observation Specialist, JNCC, Lawrence Way, Technical Lead, Earth Observation Centre of Excellence and Steve Wilkinson, Head of Innovation, Defra Data Transformation Programme, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Earth Observation, Geospatial information, Open data, Software tools
Defra group has the potential to simplify its access to satellite data and transform how we monitor and manage the UK’s landscape.
Insight, quickly: analytical tool for plant health
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Sam Grant, Statistician, Plant Health, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Smarter working, Software tools
Trees support biodiversity and contribute to wellbeing – a new analytical tool helps us monitor and safeguard them against spread of diseases.
Making performance management better
Regular readers will know about Defra's “smarter working” initiative, as explained by our COO Betsy Bassis in a recent blog post. It means adopting a user-centered approach to the processes and services our staff use every day. One of those …
Flood digital: user-driven service design and agile working
A couple of weeks ago we published a short film about the flood digital service. This second film shows how the service team works and how they put users at the heart of what they do to continually improve how …
What we learned about our users when we went fishing in their shoes
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Phil Baird, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
Being a Product Manager is about championing the needs of the users of a service. Our team, responsible for the “I want to fish” service (of which buy a rod...
What we’re doing to make video more useful across Defra
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John Seglias, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Digital transformation, Smarter working
We're committed to smarter working in Defra, and we are starting with small fixes that make people's lives easier. One of those is about opening up access to online video.
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